WAN Jobs in South Wales

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 98 97
Rank change year-on-year +34 -1 -28
Permanent jobs citing WAN 34 14 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.38% 1.22% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.83% 7.18% 8.64%
Number of salaries quoted 16 2 21
10th Percentile £28,875 £24,071 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,075 £25,677 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £28,353 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.84% -36.99% -
75th Percentile £45,780 £31,030 £48,750
90th Percentile - £32,635 -
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 202 195 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 14.12% 16.94% 16.84%
Number of salaries quoted 103 54 126
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,000 £26,375
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £37,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.99% -17.78% +20.00%
75th Percentile £46,640 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,250 £72,833 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £37,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year +9.46% -18.68% +21.33%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in South Wales

WAN
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in South Wales.

Salary trend for WAN in South Wales

WAN
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in South Wales over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in South Wales

WAN
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bridgend +2 23 £44,886 -
Cardiff - 7 £30,000 - 5
Newport +6 3 - - 1
Glamorgan - 1 - - 2
WAN
Wales

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) AWS
4 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 34 (100.00%) LAN
2 27 (79.41%) Firewall
3 14 (41.18%) Cisco IOS
3 14 (41.18%) Network Security
3 14 (41.18%) TCP/IP
4 11 (32.35%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (29.41%) VLAN
5 10 (29.41%) VPN
6 9 (26.47%) VoIP
7 7 (20.59%) MPLS
8 6 (17.65%) Wireless
9 5 (14.71%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (14.71%) WLAN
10 4 (11.76%) SAN
11 3 (8.82%) DHCP
11 3 (8.82%) DNS
11 3 (8.82%) FTP
11 3 (8.82%) HTTP
11 3 (8.82%) Internet
11 3 (8.82%) SMTP
General
1 12 (35.29%) Telecoms
2 8 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Local Government
4 5 (14.71%) Police
5 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.82%) Automotive
6 3 (8.82%) Retail
7 2 (5.88%) Games
7 2 (5.88%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 18 (52.94%) Senior
2 13 (38.24%) Network Engineer
3 11 (32.35%) Consultant
3 11 (32.35%) Project Consultant
3 11 (32.35%) Senior Consultant
3 11 (32.35%) Senior Network Consultant
3 11 (32.35%) Senior Project Consultant
4 7 (20.59%) ICT Engineer
4 7 (20.59%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) IT Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (47.06%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.82%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (5.88%) PKI
4 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
2 7 (20.59%) Windows Server
3 3 (8.82%) CatOS
4 2 (5.88%) Linux
5 1 (2.94%) Android
5 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Customer Service
2 16 (47.06%) Migration
3 14 (41.18%) Actionable Insight
4 11 (32.35%) Change Control
4 11 (32.35%) Change Management
4 11 (32.35%) ITIL
4 11 (32.35%) Network Design
5 10 (29.41%) Network Management
6 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (14.71%) Business Continuity
7 5 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (14.71%) High Availability
7 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (8.82%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (8.82%) Compliance Audit
8 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
8 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (8.82%) Security Operations
8 3 (8.82%) SIEM
8 3 (8.82%) Two-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 24 (70.59%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (55.88%) CCNA
3 14 (41.18%) SC Cleared
3 14 (41.18%) Security Cleared
4 12 (35.29%) Degree
5 4 (11.76%) A+ Certification
6 3 (8.82%) CCIE
6 3 (8.82%) CCNP
6 3 (8.82%) Check Point Certification
6 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Hyper-V
2 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.88%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (5.88%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 25 (73.53%) Cisco
2 17 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 11 (32.35%) Fortinet
3 11 (32.35%) McAfee
3 11 (32.35%) Oracle
3 11 (32.35%) Palo Alto
4 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
5 7 (20.59%) VMware
6 4 (11.76%) Acronis
6 4 (11.76%) Aruba
6 4 (11.76%) Datto
6 4 (11.76%) Mitel
6 4 (11.76%) Sophos
6 4 (11.76%) Veeam
7 3 (8.82%) ArcSight
7 3 (8.82%) F5
7 3 (8.82%) Juniper
7 3 (8.82%) Splunk
7 3 (8.82%) TippingPoint
7 3 (8.82%) Trend Micro